November 9, 2004 articles

Mobile technology snapshot

Nov 09 2004 - 06:45 PM ET | Data, In The News
USA Today's Life section Snapshot focuses on mobile communication technology today: Percentage of people in the USA who have used wireless devices (cellphones, laptops or PDAs) to access the Internet, send e-mail or text messages while: * 22% - In...

PC trojan sending SMS spam

Nov 09 2004 - 02:31 PM ET | SMS, Security
Computer experts are talking about a new Windows based trojan horse that sends spam messages to mobile phones through SMS. The Delf-HA Trojan downloads a spam campaign from the internet and then sends it to random mobile phones numbers in...

Xingtone 4 announced

Nov 09 2004 - 02:27 PM ET | Ringtones
Version 4 of Xingtone, the mobile phone ringtone creation software, has been announced. The most popular new feature will be a way to get around Verizon Wireless' "closed network" (Verizon forces users to purchase ringtones through their store). The work-around...

Samsung i640 info leaked by FCC

Nov 09 2004 - 02:19 PM ET | Rumor, Samsung, Smartphone
Details of the Samsung SCH-i640 have been posted onto the FCC website. The Windows Mobile powered CDMA handset looks to be the successor to the Samsung i600 (carried by both Verizon Wireless and Sprint PCS). Some specs: * Windows...